Karim Ansarifard Signs for Qatar's Al-Sailiya Club
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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 13, 2019 SPORTS 15 Karim Ansarifard signs for FIBA Basketball World Cup Trophy Tour arrives at Tehran MNA — FIBA Basketball 2019 World Cup Trophy Tour Qatar’s Al-Sailiya club Cup arrived at Tehran’s Milad tower on Thursday morning as its tour around the Iranian capital continues. TEHRAN — Iranian He was previously linked with Scottish SPORTS Iran will kick off the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 deskinternational forward giants Rangers, as well as Hamburg, in with a match against Puerto Rico on Aug. 31. Karim Ansarifard has completed a per- Germany, and Turkish team Besiktas this manent move from Nottingham Forest summer. to Qatari side Al-Sailiya. Announcing Ansarifard’s arrival, The Iranian has left the English Cham- Al-Sailiya said the move came after a pionship side after less than a year, putting “period of negotiations”. pen to paper on a two-year deal. They added: “The player was hired Ansarifard joined Forest last November on the recommendations of team coach as a free agent, following the cancellation Sami Trabelsi, who sees the right player of his contract with Greek football team for the team and (who) is able to provide Olympiacos, nottinghampost.com reported. the strong technical addition in the line He went on to make 12 appearances of the attack in the new season.” in the team, though only three of those Forest head coach Sabri Lamouchi came as part of the starting XI. is quickly starting to put his stamp on He found the back of the net twice, his squad ahead of the new Champi- once in the 3-0 home victory over Hull onship season. City in March and then bagging the only The Reds have taken their total num- The match will be held at the Guangzhou Gymnasium goal of the game at QPR a month later. ber of additions to six, and have also seen in Guangzhou. The 29-year-old missed part of last sea- Hillal Soudani and Apostolos Vellios leave. Team Melli have been drawn with world’s second-ranked son as he was called up by his country for Out-of-favour quartet Michael Hefele, Spain, Puerto Rico and Tunisia in Group C. the AFC Asian Cup in January, and also Daryl Murphy, Liam Bridcutt and Luke Iran will face Tunisia on Sept. 2 and meet powerhouses found himself down the pecking order in Steele have also been told they are free to Spain two days later the battle for a first-team place. find other clubs. The competition will be held in China from 31 Aug. to 15 Sept. The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 18th Sohrab Moradi out of IWF World Bakhtiar Rahmani joins Qatari tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men’s Championships club Al Shamal national basketball teams. Rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, this edition will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup since 1967 that will not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, but a year following the latter. Esteghlal eye Italian forward Manuel Pucciarelli Iranian football club Esteghlal have shown interest in signing Italian forward Manuel Pucciarelli. The 28-year-old striker currently plays in Chievo. Esteghlal Italian coach Andrea Stramaccioni has wanted the Iranian club to strengthen the team by signing Pucciarelli. Italian teams Sassuolo and Ascoli are reportedly eying Pucciarelli. Esteghlal have already signed Malian forward Cheick Tidiane Diabaté. SPORTS TEHRAN — Olympic Asian Games, suffered a spinal cord injury SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian tor Sazi, Esteghlal, Sepahan and Zob Ahan. (Source: Tuttomercatoweb) deskgold medalist Sohrab in February. deskfootball midfielder Rahmani has played for the Iran national Moradi is not able to participate at the He lifted 189kg in the opening discipline Bakhtiar Rahmani joined Qatari football football teams in all ranks. 2019 International Weightlifting Feder- to better the snatch record set at 188kg club Al Shamal on Friday. He won Iran Professional League with ation (IWF) World Championships after in 1999 by Greece’s Akakios Kakiasvilis. Rahmani has penned a one-year contract Foolad in 2013-14 season. Iran taekwondoka earns gold suffering a shoulder injury in training. Now, Moradi is facing a fresh injury with the Qatari second tier football club Al Shamal SC are a Qatari multi-sports The world competition will be held in in five months. for an undisclosed fee. club based in Madinat ash Shamal. in 2019 Universiade Pattaya, Thailand from September 16 to 25. Moradi, who won a gold medal in the Rahmani started his football career in Al Shamal were founded in 1980. The Moradi, who broke weightlifting’s long- men’s 94kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympic Foolad in 2007 and played nine years for football team currently compete in the IRNA – Iranian taekwondo fighter Mir Hashem Hosseini est standing world record on his way to Games, suffered a shoulder dislocation in the Ahvaz besed football club. second tier of Qatari football, the Qatar- in the weight category of – 68 kg received a gold medal at gold in the men’s 94kg class at the 2018 training and underwent surgery. The 27-year-old has also played in Trac- gas League. the 30th Summer Universiade in the Naples, Italy. In his first match, Hosseini defeated Mongolian rival 30- 8. Then, he hit Taipei rival and advanced to quarter-finals. Abe moves to Barcelona After defeating, Croatian fighter in quarter-finals, he advanced to semi-final match. Kashima Antlers confirmed on Friday that Hiroki Abe His progress impressed head coach Hajime Moriyasu, He also defeated South Korean athlete and then hit is transferring to Spanish champions FC Barcelona. who included him in the Japanese senior team for their Belgian rival in the final match. The 20-year-old forward, who has been with the recent Copa America campaign in Brazil. Iranian team with 42 athletes took part in the compe- reigning Asian champions since 2017, will make his “I spent a few months in high school and two and a tition of Universiade 2019. first move to the European continent and will be hoping half years at Kashima Antlers, and I was able to grow The team had 62 members at the latest event of Univer- to feature in the La Liga and UEFA Champions League. as a professional player,” Abe said. siade in Taiwan. They won 23 medals (8 gold, 4 silver and Abe has shown tremendous talent for both club and “To the staff, teammates and supporters, it was 11 bronze medals) and ranked 10th at the event. the Japanese national team. Last year, he played a crucial my pride and fortune to fight for victory with all the The 30th edition of Universiade of university students role in assisting Kashima to their first AFC Champions Antlers family. will be underway until July 14 in Naples, Italy. League title, while also impressing domestically in the “It was a difficult decision to leave the team this sea- The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, J1 League to be named the Rookie of the Year. son, I felt strongly that I wanted to try new challenges in organized for university athletes by the International Uni- Abe first donned the Samurai Blue jersey for the U-19 Barcelona, and I decided to move, and I believe that the versity Sports Federation. The name is a combination of squad in 2017, before going on to compete in the AFC various difficulties I will face from now on are absolutely the words “University” and “Olympiad”. U-19 Championship Finals the following year, where necessary for my growth.” Japan finished as semi-finalists. (Source: the-afc) Cameroonian strikers linked Turkish coach eyes Iran league title with Persepolis Turkish coach Mustafa Denizli is targeting “We have to sign new players. Four or in fifth place. Persepolis won the Iranian Iran’s top-tier Persian Gulf Pro League ti- five players left the club,” he said, adding championship. tle this season with his new team, Tractor that the club could take on as many as three This is Denizli’s third spell in Iran, as TASNIM — Cameroonian strikers Michael Cheukoua and Football Club. foreign players. he previously coached Persepolis FC and Léonard Kweuke have been linked with a move to Iranian “I hope we will break new ground for this Only three foreign players can play per Pas Teheran. football club Persepolis. club,” Denizli, 69, told Anadolu Agency on Iranian club, he explained. He last managed a Turkish Spor Toto Cheukoua, 22, is currently playing at Austrian football Wednesday as he eyes Tractor FC’s first-ever He also praised Tractor FC fans’ great Super Lig team, Kasimpasa, but stepped club SC Wiener Neustadt. league title. interest and enthusiasm. down in May. Cheukoua started his career at Cameroonian football Denizli said that he wanted “a new chal- Denizli said both he and Tabriz, the During his career, Denizli scored Super club Canon Yaoundé. lenge” so he chose Iran. club’s hometown, are thrilled over this Lig titles with the “big three” Istanbul teams: Former Esteghlal striker Kweuke is also linked with a “Iran is a country that I love. I wanted a season, as they want to take the club’s Galatasaray (1988), Fenerbahce (2001), and move to Persepolis. new challenge. So I came to a new club with first-ever league title. Besiktas (2009). The 32-year-old Cameroonian forward has most recently high expectations,” he added. Tractor FC was founded in 1970, taking the average home attendance is 60,000.